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#30 Haunts for Kaidan

Kaidan—whose very name means "ghost story" in Japanese—is a mist-shrouded realm of exotic races, oni demons, and yurei ghosts, ruled by an undying imperial court enforced by ruthless samurai with all social castes bound to an endless cycle of twisted reincarnation. The empire of Kaidan is, by definition, haunted. Included in this tome are 30 haunts and several unique and horrifying undead variants, all inspired by classic Japanese ghost stories.

This volume is organized in nine creepy storylines to help you envision the horrors that await your adventuring party in the dark realm of Kaidan. Brought to you by T.H. Gulliver, the same designer that brought you the award-winning #30 Haunts for Objects (DieHard GameFan's best supplement for 2011). This product brings something to the game it has never had before, haunts that are embeded in the very nature of the realm.

This makes the 9th product released for Kaidan so far. We have plans for three more Way of the... series: Samurai, Shinobi, Shogun (the latter touching upon the darker classes and factions serving the empire and shogunate), finally Ancestral Relics - a book of magic items based somewhat on legacy weapons - written by me. After these are released, we will compile all the supplements together along with a Kaidan gazatteer to release as a Setting Handbook (and it could be a hard cover, not sure at this point.)